“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better.”John Updike (1932 - ...)

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

“The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.”Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999)

“There is only one happiness in life,to love and be loved.”George Sand (1804 – 1876)

“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.”Linda Hogan, Native American poet and novelist (1947 - ...)

“A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas), British novelist and essayist, born in Scotland. – (1868–1952)